Hey guys. New chapter. I was really disappointed that the last chapter didn't get many reviews...but then again...it wasn't that good of a chapter I admit. It was too fairy tale-ish (like everything is going Ellie's way), but it had to be in there. But I think you will find this chapter much more...interesting. A lot more drama happens. Hope you like it...Enjoy!
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Ellie and Lizzie left their hotel room the next morning and met Ethan at the elevator. They were all ready to go to the airport to go back home.
The airport on Sunday morning was usually slow, and that was the exact same way it was that chilly November morning.
Ellie stood in line to get on the plane. She then heard a familar voice call her name. She turned to see Jason walking toward her.
"Hey Jason." Ellie smiled as he got closer to her. "Whats up."
"Not much." Jason said. "I just saw you over here and decided to come say a quick hi."
"Well it was nice to see you again before I left." Ellie said.
"It sure was." Jason said. He just kind of stood there a moment. "You better get back in line."
Ellie nodded. "I guess so. I'll see you in February."
Jason gave her an evil look. "It may be a little sooner than that."
"Um...alright." Ellie said a little confused by want he meant. "Well, bye."
"See ya." Jason said as he then turned and walked off.
"Who was that?" Lizzie asked as Ellie rejoined her in the line.
"Just a friend." Ellie said.
"Oh really?" Lizzie smirked. "Alright..."
"Lizzie I'm serious." Ellie protested.
"I believe you..." Lizzie kept the same evil smirk on her face. "I'll just harrass you about it later."
"You are so mean." Ellie said rolling her eyes.
"I know." Lizzie said.
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They all got home later that night. They were all extremely exhausted from the trip, but luckily they all did all the make-up work while they were away, so they could just go right to sleep; since their parents were being mean and said they had to go to school the next morning.
"Ethan!" Ellie yelled the next morning as she was trying to wake up Ethan. She then opened the door and saw Ethan still sleeping on his bed. "Ethan, wake up." She shook his shoulder.
"I'm tired." Ethan complained.
"Come on...If you don't hurry up we can't go to Starbucks." Ellie told him.
"Fine...I'm getting up." Ethan said. He then sat up in his bed and ran his hand threw his hair.
"Meet you downstairs in a few minutes." Ellie said as she left Ethan's room.
Ellie then went back into her bedroom and grabbed her backpack and then went back downstairs to wait for Ethan.
"Okay...Ready." Ethan said as he came down the stairs with her backpack.
"Alright." Ellie then grabbed her car keys. "Mom! We're leaving!"
"See you two later." Their mother called from upstairs.
They got into Ellie's car and then left their house. As always, Ethan was half awake when Ellie was ordering thier coffee. After Ellie gave Ethan his coffee (which quickly woke him up) he looked over at his twin.
"Ellie, where is your coffee?" Ethan asked.
Ellie stopped for a red light. "I didn't have enough money for two coffees." Ellie said slowly. "Plus, I need to stop drinking that stuff anyway."
"Oh, you could have asked me for money." Ethan said taking another sip. He thought a minute. Ellie not having coffee in the morning? That was something new. But why?
"I'll quote you on that." Ellie said with a laugh.
Ellie and Ethan got to school a little late that morning. But as soon as they walked into their first period class, both of them got a little shock.
"Surprise!" The class yelled as Ellie walked into the room. She was shocked to see that the classroom was decoracted with Olympic rings, American flags, along with red, white, and blue crey paper. There was a banner that was on the board that said, "Way To Go Ellie!" in big letters and several people had signed it.
"Wow!" Ellie said with a smile. "This is a surprise."
"Well, thats the whole point." Miranda teased.
"You did this all for me?" Ellie asked.
"Its not every day that one of our classmates wins a National title." Mark told her. "And goes to the Olympics!"
Ellie blushed. "You all watched that?" She asked.
"Like yeah!" Miranda said. "Why wouldn't we?"
Ellie smiled. "Thanks you guys. This is really sweet."
Mr. Bell (their English teacher) came forward. "But what would it be without a cake?" He motioned to a nearby table where there was a huge cake.
Ellie was still surprised that Mr. Bell had even let them throw her this party. But she wasn't complaining at all.
The rest of the period, the class ate cake and talked. Ellie was happy she had friends that would do something like this for her.
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For the next two weeks, everyone in school, even people she barely ever talked to began to act like they were best friends with her. Even Lizzie, Miranda, Gordo and Kate seemed to be acting different around her. The winter games were still about two and a half months away, but Ellie began to get really stressed about them, considering the fake friendliness she was experiencing at school, an over load on homework, and Timothy being extrememly hard on her at practice. Needless to say, she was really stressed out.
"Hey Ellie." Mark said towards the end of Thursday afternoon. "Can I talk to you?"
"Sure." Ellie said. "Whats up?"
Mark looked really nervous. "Listen, I was wondering if you would like to...you know...go somewhere after school today..."
Ellie thought a minute. Mark barely talked to her before now, and he was asking her on a date? "I have to train today...sorry."
"How about after your done?" Mark offered. "I could pick you up."
Ellie shook her head. "I don't think that will work."
"Okay." Mark looked a little disappointed. "Well, there is a party going on tomorrow at my cousin's house."
"I guess I could go." Ellie said slowly.
"Cool." Mark brightened a bit. "I'll call you later with the details."
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It was finally the end of the longest Friday and Ellie was glad to be going home for the weekend. She was at her locker when Mark came up to her.
"Hey Ellie, I'll pick you up around 8:00?" He said.
Ellie almost dropped her pre-cal book. "Excuse me?"
"The party is tonight...remember?" Mark reminded her.
The party! How could she forget? "Yeah, I'll be ready."
"Cool. See you then." Mark said as he then walked off.
Ellie wanted to cry. Her skating practice the night before was awful, and her whole say was just plain out bad. She had woken up late (so late that Ethan was the one waking her up), two of her nails broke, she forgot to do her homework in two subjects (and it happened to be the one day it was collected) and she got a 72 on a test in pre-cal. All she wanted to do was sleep.
"Hey Ellie." Lizzie said as she and Kate walked up to her locker.
"Hey guys." Ellie said with a sigh.
"Whats wrong?" Kate asked.
"Nothing." Ellie blinked to fight her tears. "Just a little stressed. Thats all."
"Oh...well are you going to that party tonight?" Lizzie asked.
"Yeah...Please tell me you two are going." Ellie said.
"We are." Lizzie said with an evil smile.
"Cool." Ellie said, wondering what was up with the evil look on Lizzie's face. "I'll see you there." She then picked up her backpack and went to go meet Ethan at her car.
"Ellie, can we stop at Wendy's really quick?" Ethan asked a few minutes later.
"Yeah, if you have money." Ellie said.
"I do." Ethan said.
"Okay..." Ellie made a small detour to Wendy's. She ordered something for both her and Ethan. She got the food and then drove to their house.
Ethan took their food in and set it down on the table. "Here Elle." He handed her the bag with her food in it, along with her drink.
"Thanks." Ellie said. She unwrapped her burger and just looked at it for a minute. She then began to cry.
Ethan stopped eatting. "Whats wrong?"
"Nothing." Ellie said. She then got up and ran up to her room. She threw herself onto her bed and began to cry. She couldn't eat fast food. What was she thinking? She continued to cry and eventually feel asleep.
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Ellie heard a knock at her bedroom door. "What?"
"Ellie! Mark's here." Ethan's voice came from the other side of the door.
Ellie looked at the clock. It was 8:00 exactly. "I'll be down in a couple minutes."
"Okay." Ethan said.
"Just great...Now I'll look like a piece of trash at this stupid party." She said to herself as she said as she rolled off her bed and stood up and walked over to her closet.
Ellie pulled out her zebra print jeans and a black shirt that said, "Real" on it. She quickly changed and then pulled her hair into a high ponytail and put braided hair extenions in it. Then as she was quickly putting on eye glitter, she noticed there were huge bags under her eyes. To fix that, she took out her contacts and put on her cute cat-eyed glasses on, which luckily went very well with her outfit. She quickly put on lip-gloss and then put her black heeled boots on. She then grabbed her purse and ran downstairs.
"Hey Ellie." Mark smiled at her as she came into the front hall where he was talking to Ethan.
"Hi." Ellie said. She had to admit that for once, Mark looked pretty handsome. He had on khaki pants, and a black sweater, his hair was also gelled and acutally under control which made him look quite mature.
"You look nice." Mark said as he looked at her.
"Thanks." Ellie said. Apparently she looked better than she thought, or Mark was just being nice. "You do too."
"Well, lets get going." Mark said. All there of them left the house and got into Mark's black SUV. They then set out for the party.
They finally got there and Ellie was still wishing that she had faked sick or something. She didn't want to be there.
"Want me to get you a drink?" Mark asked.
"No thank you." Ellie replied. She noticed that even though it was early, people still had gotten into some beer.
"Okay." Mark said. He then walked off to go join his other friends.
Ellie stood their all by herself, Ethan had gone off with Claire somewhere and she saw no sign of Lizzie or Kate anywhere.
"Ellie!" She heard someone call. It was Lita Henderson, another one of her new "friends".
"Hey Lita." Ellie forced a smile.
"How are you doing?" Lita asked.
"I'm alright, you?" Ellie said as she coughed. She then noticed that Lita had a cigerette in her hand.
"Oh sorry." Lita said, she then put it behind her back. "How do you like the party?"
"Its great..." Ellie lied.
"Well, glad to see you are having fun." Lita said, she then walked off leaving Ellie alone again.
"Ellie?" She heard a familar voice a few minutes later. She turned to see Miranda and Gordo standing there.
"Hey guys." Ellie smiled a little.
"Have you seen Lizzie or Kate anywhere?" She asked.
"No, I haven't." Ellie said.
"Oh, we were supposed to meet up here. Maybe they found something better to do." Miranda told her.
"Yeah, maybe." Ellie said.
She conitinued to talk with the two of them a few more minutes, they then went to find a phone to call Lizzie.
Ellie sat down on a nearby couch. Many people are here where drunk and acting stupid. She wondered where Ethan was. A few minutes later, Mark came and sat down next to her.
"Hey baby." He said, it was obvious he had been drinking. "You look so alone over here."
"No, I'm fine." She lied.
"Come on." He pulled her up. "Lets go dance."
Ellie followed him as he pulled her to the middle of the dance floor. He pulled her close to him and they began to dance to the slow make-out music that was playing. Ellie hated every second of it.
Mark began to kiss her neck. "Ellie, I want you." He said.
Ellie didn't say anything at first. But he continued to kiss her, and it made her feel very uncomfortable. "Mark, please just stop."
"Oh no...You know you want me." Mark said.
"No, I don't." Ellie said firmly.
"Yes you do...Come on, maybe we can find a free bedroom." Mark said as he began to pull her towards the stairs.
"Mark...NO!" Ellie screamed. A few people turned to see what was going on.
"You know you want me." Mark said.
"No, I want to go home!" Ellie then slapped him. She then turned and walked toward the door.
"Hey!" Mark yelled at her as she walked out to the front lawn. "Don't you walk away from me."
"I can do whatever I want!" Ellie told him firmly.
"I can do who ever I want." Mark told her with a mean glare in his eye. "We can do this the easy way, or the hard way."
Ellie was extremely scared, but tried to not let it show. "No, I'm going home...I'll walk if I have to!"
She then turned and walked a few more feet ahead, but Mark grabbed her arm.
"Fine, if thats how you want it to be done." Mark said as he then pushed her onto the ground. He then got on top of her and pinned her arms down onto the ground so she couldn't get up. He then forcefully kissed her.
Ellie couldn't hold back her tears anymore. Why was she so stupid? Now she was going to get into a mess of trouble. She cried as Mark began to feel up her shirt. Ellie hated that he was doing this to her...she hated even thinking someone would do this to her...but now that it was really happening to her...it was worse than she ever thought something like this would be.
"Stop crying." Mark demanded. He then kissed her again and began to unbutton her pants. "You'll enjoy this. You know you want me."
Ellie wanted it all to be over. She just continued to cry, wishing he would stop.
"Get off of her!" Ellie heard someone yell. She then felt Mark's body weight be lifted from her.
Ellie stood up quickly to see what was going on. Immediately she saw Lizzie and Kate run to her side and hug her.
"Its okay Ellie." Lizzie told her crying friend.
Ellie could see two figures beating up Mark who was now on the ground.
"You stay away from her!" One of them yelled as he kicked Mark one last time. That voice was so familar. But who was it?
They two guys who beat up Mark came over to them. She quickly noticed that one of them was Shawn, Kate's new boyfriend. But she couldn't tell who the other one was.
"Ellie." The mysterious figure hugged her. "Are you okay?"
Ellie finally realized who it was. "I'm fine Jason." She said.
"Come on, lets get out of here." Miranda said.
Jason, Ellie, Lizzie, and Gordo all got into Lizzie's navy Tahoe (But Lizzie asked Gordo if he would drive so she could talk to Ellie), while Kate, Miranda, and Shawn all got into Miranda's white Saturn and then they all began to drive away from the party.
Jason held Ellie as he cried. "Its okay. Don't cry Ellie." He hushed.
Ellie cried a few more minutes, but then stopped. "Jason, what are you doing here?"
"Well, we were going to surprise you at the party." Lizzie told her as she turned to the back seat where the two where sitting.
"What?" Ellie asked.
"I wanted you to know that I have transfered to your rink to train for the Olympics." Jason told her. "Lizzie and I planned this little surprise."
"Yeah, see Kate and I were going to pick him up from the airport and then bring him to the party to see you." Lizzie told her.
"Well I'm really glad you got there when you did..." Ellie began to cry again and got another comforting hug from Jason.
"Ellie, that was not your fault, so don't think it was in anyway." Gordo told her, still keeping his eye on the road.
"Yeah, Mark is an asshole anyway." Lizzie said.
"How could I be so stupid?" Ellie sobbed. "I should have left when I noticed there was drinking going on at the party."
"Ellie, its okay." Jason said. "We got their in time so nothing happened."
Ellie continued to cry the rest of the way home. She knew it wasn't her fault. But she still felt like a moron.
Gordo pulled up to Ellie's house about twenty minutes later. "Do you want us to stay with you?" He asked. "I'm sure our parents would understand."
"If you could I would really appreciate it." Ellie said wiping her tears with the back of her hand. "My parents are home though."
"Maybe you should just come to my house then." Lizzie offered. "I know my mom will not mind."
"I think that might even be better." Ellie smiled a little. "Just let me go get a few thigs." Ellie then got out of the car and went inside her house very quickly.
Lizzie pulled out her cell phone. "Miranda?...Hey, listen you wanna spend the night?...Yeah, Ellie is coming...Sure Kate can come...Okay...see you there...Bye." Lizzie hung up the cell phone, and then dialed another number. "Hey mom...Ellie, Miranda and Kate are going to spend the night...Yes we will be quiet...Ellie's parents are out of town and she doesn't want to be home alone...okay see you in a few...bye." She turned off her phone and put it back in her pocket.
"I'm guessing your mom said it was alright?" Gordo said.
Lizzie laughed. "Yeah, she did." She then turned back to Jason. "Where are you staying?"
"With my cousin...He actually lives pretty close by here...Think you could drop me off?" Jason said.
"No problem..." Gordo said. "And then Lizzie, you will have to drop me off."
"Okay." Lizzie agreed. "And Jason..."
"Yeah?" He said.
"Ellie is lucky to have a 'boyfriend' like you." Lizzie said.
"Remember, don't say anything about that...Not now at least." Jason told her.
"Oh yeah...Right..." Lizzie said.
"But thank you." Jason said. He had planned to tell Ellie he loved her that night, but considering what happened, he decided against it. He had decided to train with Ellie the remained of the season because everything in Texas seemed boring without her around, so he moved to where she was. Even it was was for only a few months.
Ellie came back to the car with her sports bag, filled with stuff she would need for the next morning.
Gordo then followed Jason's directions to his cousin's house. They all said goodbye to Jason as he got his bags and met his cousin at the door. Gordo then drove to his house and gave Lizzie the keys to her car back. Then Lizzie drove herself and Ellie to her house, where Kate and Miranda where already waiting.
The girls went up to Lizzie's room and changed into their pajamas. They then talked for hours about boys (lightly, not wanting to upset Ellie), clothes, and school. Ellie felt that for the first time since she had gotten back to school, things were like they used to be. They went to sleep around 1:30, but then suddenly, something rang at 3:58 which woke all of them up.
Ellie realized it was her cell phone. She reached for it on Lizzie's desk and answered it. "Hello?" She moaned.
"Hello, Miss Ellen Craft?" An unfamilar voice said.
"Yes, who is this?" Ellie asked, suddenly becoming awake.
"This is Doctor John Mayz. I'm calling about your brother, Ethan Craft..." The voice said.
"Is something wrong?" Ellie asked.
"I would prefer to tell you in person, could you please come to the hospital at once?" He told her.
"I'm on my way." Ellie said. She then turned off her phone and stood up.
"Whats wrong?" Kate asked.
"Ethan is in the hospital." Ellie said as she began to put her shoes on. She didn't care if she was going somewhere in her pajamas, she was worried about Ethan.
"Is he okay?" Miranda asked.
"I hope so." Ellie said.
The door suddenly opened and it startled all the girls. It was only Lizzie's mom in her bath robe.
"Girls, what was that noise?" She asked them.
"I'm sorry Mrs. McGuire, it was my cell phone." Ellie said.
"Is something wrong?" Mrs. McGuire asked sounding worried.
"Yes...But I don't know what." Ellie said. "Could you please give me a ride to the hospital?"
"Sure I can." Mrs. McGuire said. "Meet me downstairs in ten minutes."
"Ellie we are coming with you." Lizzie said.
"No...Stay here and sleep." Ellie said.
"No way...We are coming with you." Kate told her.
Ellie opened her mouth to protest, but it was too late, all the girls were up and getting there shoes on. Ellie was happy she had friends willing to get up in the middle of the night to go to the hospital with her.
Thirty minutes later, all four girls walked into the hospital with messy pontails, sweatshirts, and pajama pants. Ellie walked to the front desk with Mrs. McGuire.
"Excuse me?" Ellie said to the receptionist. "I am here to see my brother."
"What is your brother's name?" She asked.
"Ethan Craft." Ellie told her.
The red haired receptionist began to look through the computer. "Are you Ellen...his twin sister?" She asked. Ellie nodded. The receptionist looked a little upset as she said, "You need to go talk to Dr. Mayz on the fifth floor. He knows you are coming."
"Thank you." Ellie said. She then motioned for her friends to follow her. They all got up and followed Ellie to the elevators.
Was Ethan alright? Why did the receptionist look sad when she told Ellie she had to talk to Dr. Mayz? What happened? Ellie had to know all the questions to these answers. And quickly.
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Ellie and Lizzie left their hotel room the next morning and met Ethan at the elevator. They were all ready to go to the airport to go back home.
The airport on Sunday morning was usually slow, and that was the exact same way it was that chilly November morning.
Ellie stood in line to get on the plane. She then heard a familar voice call her name. She turned to see Jason walking toward her.
"Hey Jason." Ellie smiled as he got closer to her. "Whats up."
"Not much." Jason said. "I just saw you over here and decided to come say a quick hi."
"Well it was nice to see you again before I left." Ellie said.
"It sure was." Jason said. He just kind of stood there a moment. "You better get back in line."
Ellie nodded. "I guess so. I'll see you in February."
Jason gave her an evil look. "It may be a little sooner than that."
"Um...alright." Ellie said a little confused by want he meant. "Well, bye."
"See ya." Jason said as he then turned and walked off.
"Who was that?" Lizzie asked as Ellie rejoined her in the line.
"Just a friend." Ellie said.
"Oh really?" Lizzie smirked. "Alright..."
"Lizzie I'm serious." Ellie protested.
"I believe you..." Lizzie kept the same evil smirk on her face. "I'll just harrass you about it later."
"You are so mean." Ellie said rolling her eyes.
"I know." Lizzie said.
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They all got home later that night. They were all extremely exhausted from the trip, but luckily they all did all the make-up work while they were away, so they could just go right to sleep; since their parents were being mean and said they had to go to school the next morning.
"Ethan!" Ellie yelled the next morning as she was trying to wake up Ethan. She then opened the door and saw Ethan still sleeping on his bed. "Ethan, wake up." She shook his shoulder.
"I'm tired." Ethan complained.
"Come on...If you don't hurry up we can't go to Starbucks." Ellie told him.
"Fine...I'm getting up." Ethan said. He then sat up in his bed and ran his hand threw his hair.
"Meet you downstairs in a few minutes." Ellie said as she left Ethan's room.
Ellie then went back into her bedroom and grabbed her backpack and then went back downstairs to wait for Ethan.
"Okay...Ready." Ethan said as he came down the stairs with her backpack.
"Alright." Ellie then grabbed her car keys. "Mom! We're leaving!"
"See you two later." Their mother called from upstairs.
They got into Ellie's car and then left their house. As always, Ethan was half awake when Ellie was ordering thier coffee. After Ellie gave Ethan his coffee (which quickly woke him up) he looked over at his twin.
"Ellie, where is your coffee?" Ethan asked.
Ellie stopped for a red light. "I didn't have enough money for two coffees." Ellie said slowly. "Plus, I need to stop drinking that stuff anyway."
"Oh, you could have asked me for money." Ethan said taking another sip. He thought a minute. Ellie not having coffee in the morning? That was something new. But why?
"I'll quote you on that." Ellie said with a laugh.
Ellie and Ethan got to school a little late that morning. But as soon as they walked into their first period class, both of them got a little shock.
"Surprise!" The class yelled as Ellie walked into the room. She was shocked to see that the classroom was decoracted with Olympic rings, American flags, along with red, white, and blue crey paper. There was a banner that was on the board that said, "Way To Go Ellie!" in big letters and several people had signed it.
"Wow!" Ellie said with a smile. "This is a surprise."
"Well, thats the whole point." Miranda teased.
"You did this all for me?" Ellie asked.
"Its not every day that one of our classmates wins a National title." Mark told her. "And goes to the Olympics!"
Ellie blushed. "You all watched that?" She asked.
"Like yeah!" Miranda said. "Why wouldn't we?"
Ellie smiled. "Thanks you guys. This is really sweet."
Mr. Bell (their English teacher) came forward. "But what would it be without a cake?" He motioned to a nearby table where there was a huge cake.
Ellie was still surprised that Mr. Bell had even let them throw her this party. But she wasn't complaining at all.
The rest of the period, the class ate cake and talked. Ellie was happy she had friends that would do something like this for her.
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For the next two weeks, everyone in school, even people she barely ever talked to began to act like they were best friends with her. Even Lizzie, Miranda, Gordo and Kate seemed to be acting different around her. The winter games were still about two and a half months away, but Ellie began to get really stressed about them, considering the fake friendliness she was experiencing at school, an over load on homework, and Timothy being extrememly hard on her at practice. Needless to say, she was really stressed out.
"Hey Ellie." Mark said towards the end of Thursday afternoon. "Can I talk to you?"
"Sure." Ellie said. "Whats up?"
Mark looked really nervous. "Listen, I was wondering if you would like to...you know...go somewhere after school today..."
Ellie thought a minute. Mark barely talked to her before now, and he was asking her on a date? "I have to train today...sorry."
"How about after your done?" Mark offered. "I could pick you up."
Ellie shook her head. "I don't think that will work."
"Okay." Mark looked a little disappointed. "Well, there is a party going on tomorrow at my cousin's house."
"I guess I could go." Ellie said slowly.
"Cool." Mark brightened a bit. "I'll call you later with the details."
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It was finally the end of the longest Friday and Ellie was glad to be going home for the weekend. She was at her locker when Mark came up to her.
"Hey Ellie, I'll pick you up around 8:00?" He said.
Ellie almost dropped her pre-cal book. "Excuse me?"
"The party is tonight...remember?" Mark reminded her.
The party! How could she forget? "Yeah, I'll be ready."
"Cool. See you then." Mark said as he then walked off.
Ellie wanted to cry. Her skating practice the night before was awful, and her whole say was just plain out bad. She had woken up late (so late that Ethan was the one waking her up), two of her nails broke, she forgot to do her homework in two subjects (and it happened to be the one day it was collected) and she got a 72 on a test in pre-cal. All she wanted to do was sleep.
"Hey Ellie." Lizzie said as she and Kate walked up to her locker.
"Hey guys." Ellie said with a sigh.
"Whats wrong?" Kate asked.
"Nothing." Ellie blinked to fight her tears. "Just a little stressed. Thats all."
"Oh...well are you going to that party tonight?" Lizzie asked.
"Yeah...Please tell me you two are going." Ellie said.
"We are." Lizzie said with an evil smile.
"Cool." Ellie said, wondering what was up with the evil look on Lizzie's face. "I'll see you there." She then picked up her backpack and went to go meet Ethan at her car.
"Ellie, can we stop at Wendy's really quick?" Ethan asked a few minutes later.
"Yeah, if you have money." Ellie said.
"I do." Ethan said.
"Okay..." Ellie made a small detour to Wendy's. She ordered something for both her and Ethan. She got the food and then drove to their house.
Ethan took their food in and set it down on the table. "Here Elle." He handed her the bag with her food in it, along with her drink.
"Thanks." Ellie said. She unwrapped her burger and just looked at it for a minute. She then began to cry.
Ethan stopped eatting. "Whats wrong?"
"Nothing." Ellie said. She then got up and ran up to her room. She threw herself onto her bed and began to cry. She couldn't eat fast food. What was she thinking? She continued to cry and eventually feel asleep.
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Ellie heard a knock at her bedroom door. "What?"
"Ellie! Mark's here." Ethan's voice came from the other side of the door.
Ellie looked at the clock. It was 8:00 exactly. "I'll be down in a couple minutes."
"Okay." Ethan said.
"Just great...Now I'll look like a piece of trash at this stupid party." She said to herself as she said as she rolled off her bed and stood up and walked over to her closet.
Ellie pulled out her zebra print jeans and a black shirt that said, "Real" on it. She quickly changed and then pulled her hair into a high ponytail and put braided hair extenions in it. Then as she was quickly putting on eye glitter, she noticed there were huge bags under her eyes. To fix that, she took out her contacts and put on her cute cat-eyed glasses on, which luckily went very well with her outfit. She quickly put on lip-gloss and then put her black heeled boots on. She then grabbed her purse and ran downstairs.
"Hey Ellie." Mark smiled at her as she came into the front hall where he was talking to Ethan.
"Hi." Ellie said. She had to admit that for once, Mark looked pretty handsome. He had on khaki pants, and a black sweater, his hair was also gelled and acutally under control which made him look quite mature.
"You look nice." Mark said as he looked at her.
"Thanks." Ellie said. Apparently she looked better than she thought, or Mark was just being nice. "You do too."
"Well, lets get going." Mark said. All there of them left the house and got into Mark's black SUV. They then set out for the party.
They finally got there and Ellie was still wishing that she had faked sick or something. She didn't want to be there.
"Want me to get you a drink?" Mark asked.
"No thank you." Ellie replied. She noticed that even though it was early, people still had gotten into some beer.
"Okay." Mark said. He then walked off to go join his other friends.
Ellie stood their all by herself, Ethan had gone off with Claire somewhere and she saw no sign of Lizzie or Kate anywhere.
"Ellie!" She heard someone call. It was Lita Henderson, another one of her new "friends".
"Hey Lita." Ellie forced a smile.
"How are you doing?" Lita asked.
"I'm alright, you?" Ellie said as she coughed. She then noticed that Lita had a cigerette in her hand.
"Oh sorry." Lita said, she then put it behind her back. "How do you like the party?"
"Its great..." Ellie lied.
"Well, glad to see you are having fun." Lita said, she then walked off leaving Ellie alone again.
"Ellie?" She heard a familar voice a few minutes later. She turned to see Miranda and Gordo standing there.
"Hey guys." Ellie smiled a little.
"Have you seen Lizzie or Kate anywhere?" She asked.
"No, I haven't." Ellie said.
"Oh, we were supposed to meet up here. Maybe they found something better to do." Miranda told her.
"Yeah, maybe." Ellie said.
She conitinued to talk with the two of them a few more minutes, they then went to find a phone to call Lizzie.
Ellie sat down on a nearby couch. Many people are here where drunk and acting stupid. She wondered where Ethan was. A few minutes later, Mark came and sat down next to her.
"Hey baby." He said, it was obvious he had been drinking. "You look so alone over here."
"No, I'm fine." She lied.
"Come on." He pulled her up. "Lets go dance."
Ellie followed him as he pulled her to the middle of the dance floor. He pulled her close to him and they began to dance to the slow make-out music that was playing. Ellie hated every second of it.
Mark began to kiss her neck. "Ellie, I want you." He said.
Ellie didn't say anything at first. But he continued to kiss her, and it made her feel very uncomfortable. "Mark, please just stop."
"Oh no...You know you want me." Mark said.
"No, I don't." Ellie said firmly.
"Yes you do...Come on, maybe we can find a free bedroom." Mark said as he began to pull her towards the stairs.
"Mark...NO!" Ellie screamed. A few people turned to see what was going on.
"You know you want me." Mark said.
"No, I want to go home!" Ellie then slapped him. She then turned and walked toward the door.
"Hey!" Mark yelled at her as she walked out to the front lawn. "Don't you walk away from me."
"I can do whatever I want!" Ellie told him firmly.
"I can do who ever I want." Mark told her with a mean glare in his eye. "We can do this the easy way, or the hard way."
Ellie was extremely scared, but tried to not let it show. "No, I'm going home...I'll walk if I have to!"
She then turned and walked a few more feet ahead, but Mark grabbed her arm.
"Fine, if thats how you want it to be done." Mark said as he then pushed her onto the ground. He then got on top of her and pinned her arms down onto the ground so she couldn't get up. He then forcefully kissed her.
Ellie couldn't hold back her tears anymore. Why was she so stupid? Now she was going to get into a mess of trouble. She cried as Mark began to feel up her shirt. Ellie hated that he was doing this to her...she hated even thinking someone would do this to her...but now that it was really happening to her...it was worse than she ever thought something like this would be.
"Stop crying." Mark demanded. He then kissed her again and began to unbutton her pants. "You'll enjoy this. You know you want me."
Ellie wanted it all to be over. She just continued to cry, wishing he would stop.
"Get off of her!" Ellie heard someone yell. She then felt Mark's body weight be lifted from her.
Ellie stood up quickly to see what was going on. Immediately she saw Lizzie and Kate run to her side and hug her.
"Its okay Ellie." Lizzie told her crying friend.
Ellie could see two figures beating up Mark who was now on the ground.
"You stay away from her!" One of them yelled as he kicked Mark one last time. That voice was so familar. But who was it?
They two guys who beat up Mark came over to them. She quickly noticed that one of them was Shawn, Kate's new boyfriend. But she couldn't tell who the other one was.
"Ellie." The mysterious figure hugged her. "Are you okay?"
Ellie finally realized who it was. "I'm fine Jason." She said.
"Come on, lets get out of here." Miranda said.
Jason, Ellie, Lizzie, and Gordo all got into Lizzie's navy Tahoe (But Lizzie asked Gordo if he would drive so she could talk to Ellie), while Kate, Miranda, and Shawn all got into Miranda's white Saturn and then they all began to drive away from the party.
Jason held Ellie as he cried. "Its okay. Don't cry Ellie." He hushed.
Ellie cried a few more minutes, but then stopped. "Jason, what are you doing here?"
"Well, we were going to surprise you at the party." Lizzie told her as she turned to the back seat where the two where sitting.
"What?" Ellie asked.
"I wanted you to know that I have transfered to your rink to train for the Olympics." Jason told her. "Lizzie and I planned this little surprise."
"Yeah, see Kate and I were going to pick him up from the airport and then bring him to the party to see you." Lizzie told her.
"Well I'm really glad you got there when you did..." Ellie began to cry again and got another comforting hug from Jason.
"Ellie, that was not your fault, so don't think it was in anyway." Gordo told her, still keeping his eye on the road.
"Yeah, Mark is an asshole anyway." Lizzie said.
"How could I be so stupid?" Ellie sobbed. "I should have left when I noticed there was drinking going on at the party."
"Ellie, its okay." Jason said. "We got their in time so nothing happened."
Ellie continued to cry the rest of the way home. She knew it wasn't her fault. But she still felt like a moron.
Gordo pulled up to Ellie's house about twenty minutes later. "Do you want us to stay with you?" He asked. "I'm sure our parents would understand."
"If you could I would really appreciate it." Ellie said wiping her tears with the back of her hand. "My parents are home though."
"Maybe you should just come to my house then." Lizzie offered. "I know my mom will not mind."
"I think that might even be better." Ellie smiled a little. "Just let me go get a few thigs." Ellie then got out of the car and went inside her house very quickly.
Lizzie pulled out her cell phone. "Miranda?...Hey, listen you wanna spend the night?...Yeah, Ellie is coming...Sure Kate can come...Okay...see you there...Bye." Lizzie hung up the cell phone, and then dialed another number. "Hey mom...Ellie, Miranda and Kate are going to spend the night...Yes we will be quiet...Ellie's parents are out of town and she doesn't want to be home alone...okay see you in a few...bye." She turned off her phone and put it back in her pocket.
"I'm guessing your mom said it was alright?" Gordo said.
Lizzie laughed. "Yeah, she did." She then turned back to Jason. "Where are you staying?"
"With my cousin...He actually lives pretty close by here...Think you could drop me off?" Jason said.
"No problem..." Gordo said. "And then Lizzie, you will have to drop me off."
"Okay." Lizzie agreed. "And Jason..."
"Yeah?" He said.
"Ellie is lucky to have a 'boyfriend' like you." Lizzie said.
"Remember, don't say anything about that...Not now at least." Jason told her.
"Oh yeah...Right..." Lizzie said.
"But thank you." Jason said. He had planned to tell Ellie he loved her that night, but considering what happened, he decided against it. He had decided to train with Ellie the remained of the season because everything in Texas seemed boring without her around, so he moved to where she was. Even it was was for only a few months.
Ellie came back to the car with her sports bag, filled with stuff she would need for the next morning.
Gordo then followed Jason's directions to his cousin's house. They all said goodbye to Jason as he got his bags and met his cousin at the door. Gordo then drove to his house and gave Lizzie the keys to her car back. Then Lizzie drove herself and Ellie to her house, where Kate and Miranda where already waiting.
The girls went up to Lizzie's room and changed into their pajamas. They then talked for hours about boys (lightly, not wanting to upset Ellie), clothes, and school. Ellie felt that for the first time since she had gotten back to school, things were like they used to be. They went to sleep around 1:30, but then suddenly, something rang at 3:58 which woke all of them up.
Ellie realized it was her cell phone. She reached for it on Lizzie's desk and answered it. "Hello?" She moaned.
"Hello, Miss Ellen Craft?" An unfamilar voice said.
"Yes, who is this?" Ellie asked, suddenly becoming awake.
"This is Doctor John Mayz. I'm calling about your brother, Ethan Craft..." The voice said.
"Is something wrong?" Ellie asked.
"I would prefer to tell you in person, could you please come to the hospital at once?" He told her.
"I'm on my way." Ellie said. She then turned off her phone and stood up.
"Whats wrong?" Kate asked.
"Ethan is in the hospital." Ellie said as she began to put her shoes on. She didn't care if she was going somewhere in her pajamas, she was worried about Ethan.
"Is he okay?" Miranda asked.
"I hope so." Ellie said.
The door suddenly opened and it startled all the girls. It was only Lizzie's mom in her bath robe.
"Girls, what was that noise?" She asked them.
"I'm sorry Mrs. McGuire, it was my cell phone." Ellie said.
"Is something wrong?" Mrs. McGuire asked sounding worried.
"Yes...But I don't know what." Ellie said. "Could you please give me a ride to the hospital?"
"Sure I can." Mrs. McGuire said. "Meet me downstairs in ten minutes."
"Ellie we are coming with you." Lizzie said.
"No...Stay here and sleep." Ellie said.
"No way...We are coming with you." Kate told her.
Ellie opened her mouth to protest, but it was too late, all the girls were up and getting there shoes on. Ellie was happy she had friends willing to get up in the middle of the night to go to the hospital with her.
Thirty minutes later, all four girls walked into the hospital with messy pontails, sweatshirts, and pajama pants. Ellie walked to the front desk with Mrs. McGuire.
"Excuse me?" Ellie said to the receptionist. "I am here to see my brother."
"What is your brother's name?" She asked.
"Ethan Craft." Ellie told her.
The red haired receptionist began to look through the computer. "Are you Ellen...his twin sister?" She asked. Ellie nodded. The receptionist looked a little upset as she said, "You need to go talk to Dr. Mayz on the fifth floor. He knows you are coming."
"Thank you." Ellie said. She then motioned for her friends to follow her. They all got up and followed Ellie to the elevators.
Was Ethan alright? Why did the receptionist look sad when she told Ellie she had to talk to Dr. Mayz? What happened? Ellie had to know all the questions to these answers. And quickly.
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